AGAVE. 187 



long, 4 in. broad at the middle, narrowed to 2 in. above the base, a 

 light opaque green, the end-sphie short and brown, the teeth 

 subdistant, minute, brown, deltoid-cuspidate. Inflorescence 

 unknown. 



Hab. Probably Mexico. Described by Jacobi from a plant exhibited at 

 the Ghent Exhibition of 1863. 



86. A. {Euagave) Wildingii Todaro, Hort. Bot. Panorm. t. 32. — 

 Acaulescent. Leaves few, oblong-spathulate, bright green, 6-7 in. 

 broad at the middle ; end-spine short, not pungent ; teeth small, 

 close, deltoid-cuspidate, dark brown. Peduncle 4-5 times the 

 length of the leaves. Panicle lax, about as long as the peduncle. 

 Flowers 1|- in. long ; tube very short ; segments yellowish, as long 

 as the ovary. Stamens twice as long as the segments. 



Hab. Probably Mexico. Figured lately by Dr. Todaro from the Palermo 

 Botanic Garden. 



87. A. RUDis Lemaire ; Jacobi, Monogr. 118. A. Malinezii li. 

 Koch. — Shortly caulescent. Leaves few, oblong-spathulate, 15 in. 

 long, 5-6 in. broad at the middle, narrowed to 2 in. above the 

 base, a light opaque green on the concave face, the end-spine 

 short, brown, the teeth moderately distant, minute, brown, deltoid- 

 cuspidate, recurved. Liflorescence unknown. 



Hab. Probably Mexico. Described by Jacobi in 1864 from a living plant 

 in the garden of Herr Tonel, at Ghent. 



88. A. Laurentiana Jacobi, Monogr. 254. — Acaulescent. Leaves 

 moderately numerous, oblong-spathulate, i-2 ft. long, 5-6 in. 

 broad above the middle, narrowed to 3 in. above the base, the face 

 opaque green and deeply concave, the end-spine short, stout and 

 brown, the edge slightly repand between the minute straight brown 

 deltoid teeth. Liflorescence unknown. 



Hab. Probably Mexico. Described by Jacobi in 1865 from a plant in the 

 collection of Herr Laurentius, at Leipsic. 



89. A. Offoyana Jacobi, Monogr. 116. — Acaulescent. Leaves 

 25-30 in a rosette, oblong-spathulate, 1|— 2 ft. long, 4-5 in. broad 

 above the middle, narrowed to 3 in. above the base, deeply concave 

 on the bright-green face, the subpungent end-spine ^ in. long, the 

 teeth moderately close, brown, deltoid, l-12th to l-8th in. long. 

 Inflorescence unknown. 



Hab. Cuba. My notes are taken from a plant seen at Eeigate in August, 

 1872. It was described by Jacobi from the collection of Madame Legrelle 

 d'Hanis at Antwerp, in 1862. 



90. A. [Littcea) Celsiana Hook, in Bot. Mag. t. 4934.— 

 Acaulescent. Leaves 20-30 in a rosette, oblong-spathulate, l-|-2 ft. 

 long, 4-5 in. broad, the middle narrowed to 2i-3 in. above the 

 base, the persistently glaucous face flat in the middle, the end- 

 spine slightly pungent, the crowded lanceolate spines very unequal 

 both in shape and size, l-12th to l-8th in. long, only the largest 

 brown and horny at the tip, those below the middle of the blade 

 deflexed. Peduncle 5-6 ft. long, including the short dense spike. 

 Flowers 1^-2 in. long ; tube very short ; segments pm'plish green, 

 lanceolate, l-f in. long. Filaments l|-2 in. long. 



